Melissa Barnhart

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  Feb 20, 2013

  Obama Admin. Expands Benefits to Same-Sex Military Couples

  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced last week that the Pentagon is extending benefits to same-sex military couples, including legal assistance, childcare, and disability and death compensation.

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  Feb 20, 2013

  So. Baptist's 1% Challenge Could Raise $100 Million for Missions

  Of the six billion people who are living in the world today, fewer than 20 percent know Jesus Christ as their savior, according to the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), which is motivating its member churches to take on the 1% Challenge to increase giving to the Cooperative Program.

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  Feb 20, 2013

  Jubilee: Thousands of Students Learn How to Be Change Agents for Christ

  Every year since 1978, the Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO), has hosted the Jubilee conference in Pittsburgh, Pa., to inspire students to live out their Christian faith in every area of their lives.

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  Feb 20, 2013

  Calif. Woman: I'm a Millionaire Because I Had an Abortion at 18

  In a newly posted video that pro-life groups are circulating on the Internet, Russell Hunter of Abolish Human Abortion is filmed talking to pro-abortion advocates when a woman in the crowd declares: "I'm a millionaire because I had an abortion when I was 18."

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  Feb 13, 2013

  Bill Gates' Monopoly on Education Standards to Cost States $16 Billion

  Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft founder Bill Gates is spending millions to bankroll the Common Core education standards that have been embraced by the Obama administration.

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  Feb 13, 2013

  Conn. Bill to Require Homeschoolers to Undergo Behavioral Health Assessments

  A controversial bill requiring behavioral health assessments of all home-schooled and public school educated children has been introduced in Connecticut.

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  Feb 11, 2013

  HIS Nets: Churches and the Life-Saving Power of Malaria Nets

  Since 2008, HIS Nets, a Christian nonprofit, has distributed more than 130,000 nets to families, pregnant women, and children who live in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Haiti and other countries that are impacted by the malaria epidemic.

• Feb 11, 2013

  Obama Nominates First Openly Gay Federal Appeals Court Judge

  President Obama last week nominated Justice Department attorney Todd M. Hughes to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. If confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Hughes would be the first openly gay federal appeals court judge – a prospect that is being lauded by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) groups, such as the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund.

• Feb 10, 2013

  Renowned Neurosurgeon at Prayer Breakfast: We've 'Dumbed' Down Our Education System

  Dr. Benjamin Carson, director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, delivered a powerful 25-minute message at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. on Thursday.

• Feb 10, 2013

  North Dakota Senate Passes Three Pro-Life Measures

  North Dakota's Senate passed three pro-life measures on Thursday in an effort to reduce the number of abortions that are performed in the state, and to provide safety measures to protect women's health.